the small baltic republics then desperately trying to join european structures and leave it soviet past behind as fast as possible. if you any and businessman the you must will announce because lives in the village of group has one hundred twenty kilometers from vilnius he runs a lucrative business selling the mushrooms and berries that grow on his land but another source of income is also his hobby. if you walk around the whole park you'll cover two color matters the park contains one hundred thirteen different open air sculptures. in soviet times the sculptures held pride of place and if you end in cities and

towns. after the fall of the soviet union they were taken down and fell into neglect. that trying to kill you must to set up a pocket dedicated to lets you ania's sundered history. this open a museum welcomes visitors only around and there's no shortage of them into. foreigners and lithuanian tonight come here to get a glimpse into the country's relatively recent past. here people learn something about socialism and what we went through in those times . the iron curtain weighed down very heavily on the soviet union the outside world knew little about this country. in one thousand nine hundred decided to split from the soviet union. parliament that by the town just lands biggest. declared the

republic's independence thousands back to the decision rallies became a constant feature in central vilnius with demonstrators demanding that moscow recognize that you and miss statehood. first the speaker said emotional words about freedom then the craze began singing literally as anthem many people how to raise in their eyes they couldn't sing along because they were so overcome with emotion they saw that something was indeed changing they felt they could no speak up with fire to fear. moscow saw the developments in this way mia as a slap in the face tanks and special forces were sent to the us i've. got the kremlin felt that flexing its muscles would be enough to compel the gulp senate republican to backing down. this was them we knew we told them we had no right to rejoin the soviet union we have

not been elected to do that you think. a massacre followed. the television center in film as was assaulted on the night january fourteenth. the building seems within a short time as you a news independent television. i know most. of you know we are being attacked why. i can see is shots from all sides. they have seized the sweeney as radio center. is an anchor for a state run t.v. channel but live report was a moment of triumph for the young journalist but her moment of glory came with a price. i knew that they used access to break the dogs

these patches has been left here as a reminder of those events. that night fountains of people resolve to stop the troops by acting as a human shield. in order for moscow said the troops were to fire blank shells. and it was among the residents who protected the television center when the troops began firing and galileo was injured. yeah i think i managed to crawl away i thought that i had been able to get away from that town and have to roll my own and at that very moment my leg was caught between the caterpillar tracks and the sound came to holt. now the form a bookkeeper has to use a wheelchair and receives a disability grant. i knew freedom was worth that sacrifice i have no

regrets and believe it's my destiny at the. fourteen residents of vilnius died sacrificing their lives from lithuania as independence in one thousand nine hundred one. the new states government launched a vigorous campaign against the soviet legacy. bolton that equated soviet symbols to nazi ones. nowadays may even ninth the date marked by soviet republics for the victory of a fascist germany is seen as just another ordinary day by mostly few eons. developed in lithuania made a name for it is no occasion for festivities yes some people here did fight for that but this way has nothing to do with it russian politicians sometimes say we liberated the lithuanian people from nazi germany by responses the following yes you did but then you didn't bother to leave afterwards one occupation had given way

to another. the fall if you a new got its independence war veterans used to march through central vilnius on victory day but now they can only mark their holiday at a military cemetery. that are you near her government has created an atmosphere where war veterans are called occupiers. the current propaganda slant is that lithuania was a second time in one thousand nine hundred eighty four when soviet troops entered the country to drive the germans i. know that young people have been brainwashed into believing that war veterans are ok pyres the veterans don't feel like demonstrating in the streets. mavin lines twenty ten. each of the fifteen veterans here fall for this. victory. despite each of them being over. they've decided to. just.

enthusiastic musicians accompany them as they march through the streets. comes from . colorful. people with nationalistic slogans lined the streets on both sides. the war came to. the country in one thousand nine hundred ninety three. those veterans can mark their victory and commemorate fallen heroes at a cemetery. and people lay a lot of flowers up. but marching through the heart of the city promotes the wrong ideology. symbols. affected by the campaign against.

thirty first one thousand nine hundred eighty three ten o eight pm that was when the first power generating unit was officially linked to the country's power grid. this footage is from a film marking the anniversary of the nuclear power plant. the station medical the electrical needs of and two neighboring soviet republics. the two nuclear reactors commission the plan. than any of the reactors at the time it would seem that this technological inherited from the soviet union might stand a good stead after independence the country itself would have a plentiful supply of electricity and also be able to sell a surplus to others at a premium. in those years because of an economic slump. provided of uninterrupted supplies of

customers in lithuania. consumers at the lowest price we pretty much be. period of transition in fact we paved the way for the country's further economic development. of the. left the u.s.s.r. it's all to join the european union and was told that it could acquire e.u. membership on the condition that it shuts down the. power plant. it even received funds to help dismantle the plant's equipment and build storage for. the first reactor was closed in two thousand and four. in two thousand and nine. then joined the e.u. . when. we were in the reactor room of the first. unit nuclear fuel used to be stored underneath. that it was used to generate heat and electricity and.

many of those who built the station and worked at it had to be trained in how to dismantle it. with me i put a turbine together with my own hands after it went into service my job was to maintain and repair it but in the past seven years i've been taking all that apart again with my own hands it's a pity creating something is much better if you ask me. you'd miller and valarie good newton were made redundant when the station was shut down but there was no other work for them to go to. they were nice people working at the plant i enjoyed working there we still keep in touch with them. to certificates a photo album and the film showing the jubilee celebrations and the only mementos

from those years. the european union funded the station's closure some of the money was earmarked for severance pay. for things like the allowance we were entitled to after the stations shot daryn was four hundred dollars but if it were in the so-called crisis set in the sun was cut during two or three hundred and fifteen dollars that's what we get paid not. the decommissioning of the power plant instantly led to higher utility costs although lift you any accused to sell electricity to other countries today it buys it from them energy bills grow with each passing month those who worked at the station have had to slash their family budgets. have you got the readings yes put them down fifty two three hundred forty seven rights how about the water hot water is ninety

cold water is eighty four that's it that's quite a lot so i have to say. we have to pay five times as much as we deed when we were fired back in december two thousand and nine. the former employees of the ignalina power plant will have to survive on their social welfare packages until they become pensioners unemployment is at over fifteen percent and if you're a new officially twenty percent of its population lives in poverty according to your a staff if you any a is one of the five poorest countries in the european union. culture is that so much is riding on a job that you voted for nothing less there's the taliban bad guys the color of

terrorism as norway comes to terms with its most horrific attack on its soil since the second world war a plethora of questions the. morning news today violence is once again flared up. again these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are on the day. at least. the losers least

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it's . a restitution. independence collective farms were disbanded land was handed over to some of its former owners. and j. under received sixty hectares of land that used to belong to. and jay's an engineer

his wife is an accountant they became farmers against their will. a severe economic slump began after lithuania declared independence unemployment had read its head for the first time in the post soviet region. simply because we had no other source of income now i'm pretty certain. to existed any time a sudden change in the weather might ruin at least some of the crops and reduce their efforts to nothing. there's no scope for the farm to grow the reluctant farmers don't have the money to save for a rainy day. most small farms here face a similar bleak situation. government lost interest in large scale farming

such as. it. to the ground. has been reversed in favor of large scale production. of. the two farmers in very hard times during the two thousand and eight economic crisis and his wife were on the brink of bankruptcy. their farm survived only because they had been working on it without hired help they had also managed without. the influence of international counters in our banking sector amounts to nearly ninety percent when the creases came into our banks were primarily concerned about parents banks in copenhagen or always lou this is. important. they stopped issuing loans and started exporting capital to help parents

and banks of course how to in effect when the situation here. is two hundred years old but much of her life is passed without her. he's been working in germany to make a living. meanwhile brother and sister live in live near. wall where is he a daddy. you know daddy let's look for him. there is a picture of him oh here that's right well don i know north america you know whenever she sees a man in the street the first thing she says is mom this is a man ad in daddy. she says that just in case the man responds.

each friday off to work. it's an internet cafe in germany to speak to his family by making a video call so that the questions we get at school are real mindblower it's with them yeah this five minutes of internet chat keeps the family in contact until so gay can be with them for real again and that could be six months away. this is typical for. which is joining the club of leading suppliers of manpower to western european countries. i've noticed something more to the point have you sent us the money. yesterday yes ok that will help all deals are in the rental rate. in january two thousand and nine foundations of protesters crowded the main squares of

most provincial towns in lithuania as well as its capital since the start of the crisis the government has been raising taxes and cutting social benefits. found themselves on the verge of bankruptcy. people struggled for survival. for example my pension is two hundred and forty dollars. extra money for heating my flat. if i were to pay for instance to have to pay forty dollars over and above my pension. when. government plans to tax pensions on top of the taxes he decided to join protesters despite his age and health. this. meeting took place in vilnius near the parliament building. seven thousand

people gathered. police used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the demonstrators. when one of the bullets hit enter nasa in the leg he was taken to an ambulance. to a we were at the village ruled out when the cuts my trousers open it was a rubber billet it's got stuck in a song i can't see it as a souvenir of sorts. but. the police brutality in dealing with the demonstrators spurred the public into action. an unprecedented number of people joined the opposition within a short period of numerous protests rallies and demonstrations were held. and people of the government bowed to pressure to make some concessions several unpopular measures were cancelled but the move deepened the budget deficit. you get

more democracy will set in only after several generations those who once had any idea of democracy have become soviet people in spirit and so have all of our politicians. the founder and owner of the park featuring the history of soviet union says he's lucky that he's lived in a free country for the past twenty years but he notes the growing nostalgia for the soviet period for you mrs pessimistic about his country's future and he's skeptical about the government's political decisions. i don't think the european union will last for even fifty years but it will break up in the same way as the soviet union did the two are very similar in that they have both been a complete mess you. know. the

lumas is playing with the idea of expanding his pocket modern day exhibits may soon be added to the collection. the trouble is this nobody yet knows who won't was and will become a symbol of this un yes new era. if you're followed up on lied. to are sort of a throwback and part of. it goes back to a time when people would lie down in their forces in the wild west and pick up

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the grand imperial. george was there. you can a letter to. see don't have to go and. read this in the can it was originally as a treat. tourists american security firm blackwater goes on trial but for overbilling the government or not for killing civilians in iraq and despite claims of atrocities against innocent people the u.s. resorts to using more contractors on foreign missions. in a region intelligence says the far right suspect who admitted to deadly terrorist attacks acted alone but europe's growing nationalistic mood is feeding fears of more violence elsewhere. britain recognizes libya's opposition as the country's budget amid leaders and steps up the diplomatic offensive against colonel gadhafi.

just after one am here in moscow you're watching our teeth thanks for being with us the infamous private security firm once known as blackwater is back in court this time though it's not over alleged killings in iraq and afghanistan but over claims it billed washington too much for its services two former employees accuse it of claiming more than one hundred million dollars in bogus expenses the company which is now known as c. provides more mercenaries for the u.s. in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandals and its contractors were accused of gunning down the seventeen armed civilians in baghdad. two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished or the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants

tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights but it's artie's good natured reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hard goddess since their actions under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet and on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy u.s. professional killers like you were trying to everyone if you see no one of blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre to other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with horrific human rights violations including torture rape and murder the u.s. supreme court recently threw out a lawsuit alleging.